Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience (2023-10-04): Into Autumn 2023: Interview with Peter Urban (German TV Commentator of Eurovision) and lots more

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is also broadcast on SWITCH Radio Essex in the United Kingdom live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom. AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK Interview with Peter Urban - Commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest from ARD - German Eurovision Broadcaster (done at the Benidorm Festival 2023, Spain) Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 1: The Last Placed Songs at the Eurovision Song Contest (Part 2 of 5) with Dermot Manning Eurovision Spotlight XXL - 2: The Last Placed Songs at the Eurovision Song Contest (Part 3 of 5) with Alasdair Rendall Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists   Interview with Peter Urban - Commentator of ARD TV at the Eurovision Song Contest: When we watch the Eurovision Song Contest on TV each country sends to the venue a commentator to introduce the performing acts to his audience in the respective countries and their language. Peter Urban has been the commentator for German Broadcaster ARD for 25 years and retired after the 67th Eurovision Song Contest ended this year. Over the years Peter has seen many many changes and lived through many anecdotes at the contest. Radio International's Salman Tanzeem met up with Peter Urban at the Benidorm Festival 2023 (Spain's National Selection process for selecting the entry from Spain for the Eurovision Song Contest) and submitted an in-depth interview which airs on Radio International this week. Also listen to some of the Eurovision songs that mean something to Peter Urban.   Eurovision Spotlight XXL - The last placed songs in the Eurovision Song Contest (Part 2 and 3 of 5): The Eurovision Spotlight colleagues at Radio International always come up with nice ideas of themed show parts. One what was not yet done was looking at the songs the ended up last in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Following the start of the five part mini series last week with Chris Poppe, Radio International this week airs  Part 2 with Dermot Manning and Part 3 with Alasdair Rendall with more songs that came last in the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Finals. Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot. Then there will be some of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. The Radio International Interview Hall of Fame: During the Interview Sessions Radio International takes photos and videos which you can find on the Radio International Interview Hall of Fame 2020 and 2021. To view the photos done during the interviews - click here - for the Radio International Hall of Fame Photo Album.This is the Hall of Fame: Dana, Charlotte Perrelli, Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh, Katrina of Katrina and the Waves, Charlie McGettigan, Emmelie de Forest, Anabel Conde, Scott Fitzgerald, Eldar of Ell and Nikki, Sanna Nielsen, Hera Björk, Bojana Stamenov, Deen, Lina Hedlund and Andreas Lundstedt from Alcazar, Poli Genova, Ira Losco, Jan Johansen Nicki French, Debbie Scerri, Rasmussen, Senhit, Rainer from Wind, Jalisse, Maja Keuc (Amaya),Thomas Forstner, Lisa Andreas, Esther Hart, Vanilla Ninja, Maja Keuc (Amaya), Sibel Tüzün, Sidsel Ben Semmane, Monika Linkyte, Boggie, Emilija Kokic of Riva (Yugoslavia 1989), Intelligent Music Project (Bulgaria 2022), Mia Dimsic (Croatia 2022), Andrea (North Macedonia 2022), Brooke Scullion (Ireland 2022), Citi Zeni (Latvia 2022), Ochman (Poland 2022), Anna Bergendahl, The Roop, Tim Schou of A Friend in London, Bilal of NorthKid, Cyan Kicks, Justs, James Newman, Serhat, Vanessa Amarosi, Lesley Roy, Brooke, Franklin, Martina Majerle of Quartissimo, Miriam Christine, Claudia Faniello, Fabrizio Faniello, Chanel, Jordan Ravi, Vior